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In CA, 4-year uni students have no limit on the number of Cal Grant awards the state funds every year, but the 2.1M @CalCommColleges students must 'compete' in a lottery with a fixed number of grants. Read more on modernizing financial aid in CA here:

Hear from Sam Cobbs, Tipping Point CEO, in the "The Grassroots Grantmaker" episode of the Heart of Giving Podcast on building strong relationships with grantees.

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At Hummingbird Valencia, people with unmet needs receive behavior health support while getting on a path to permanent housing. Take a tour of the newest respite center in San Francisco.

Oakland Health Pathways Project, uses Linked Learning's approach to partner with Oakland Unified School District, Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Health Care Services Agency to prepare local high schoolers as the next generation of dedicated healthcare professionals. Grad rates are up and teachers are seeing higher engagement. Research from SRI International about the program:

Today Hummingbird Valencia opens as the second respite center for people experiencing homelessness + behavioral health issues in San Francisco. Thanks to San Francisco Department of Public Health and London Breed for supporting this valuable resource to create low-barrier pathways to permanent housing.

Latinx communities across the USand here in the Bay Arearemain among those most devastated by #COVID19. The inequities that these communities were facing before COVID-19 created the perfect environment for the virus to grow so fast in these areas,- Omar Carrera, ED of Canal Alliance, a Tipping Point grantee. Now, how are local officials fighting these inequities?

The Schwabs' gift allows us to move forward without any upfront public funding to provide housing and services to people experiencing homelessness and to reinvest philanthropic funds into more housing developments. More from San Francisco Business Times by Ted Andersen.

Now, thanks to this major gift from Chuck and Helen Schwab, this project will provide housing and services to people experiencing homelessness at record speed. Learn more about this development from the San Francisco Chronicle:

A look inside the innovative project that will provide 145 of our unhoused neighbors with housing + supportive services. The project is on track to cut costs by 30% + be ready in 1/2 the time. Thanks to the Schwabs + all partners! Factory_OS, Mercy Housing, David Baker Architects, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund.

Studies show that 30% of those eligible failed to receive the stimulus, and those who didn’t earn enough to file taxes had to apply for cash payments, including many of our unhoused neighbors.

Tipping Point CEO, Sam Cobbs, has a deep history leading non-profits in the region, a place with widespread racial + economic inequities. 7x7 interviewed Sam as he leads Tipping Point in fighting the systems that were built to perpetuate poverty.

A new study by @ FoundationsforChange report unhoused people who received cash assistance were, on average, able to find stable housing faster.

In May, Chief Program Officer, Kelly Bathgate made San Francisco Business Times list of "Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business!" Today we're celebrating her commitment to building lasting partnerships + her continued enthusiasm for Tipping Point's work. Congrats Kelly! #SFBTWomen

White-collar workers are bouncing back from #COVID19 crisis while workers with historic disadvantages will bear years-long scars from the crisis. @WSJ dives into how the divide is deepening:

While 1 in 4 households have experienced food insecurity this year, an analysis by the The Brookings Institution found that in late June, nearly a third of households with children were food insecure meaning some 13.9 million children were experiencing food insecurity.

The #coronavirus has changed so much about how we operate now, but we evolve. Meet Stacy, a frontline worker at Compass Family Services.

San Francisco spends $600K on 1 unit of supportive housing, and it takes 7 years to build. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Daniel Lurie, Board Chair + Founder. One of the most important roles private philanthropy can play is to research and develop new solutions. San Francisco Chronicle Opinion

We must demand transparency, accountability from our public officials, but we must also get involved and make our voices heard. It is time to step forward, to see people experiencing homelessness as people, not problems. Andrea Evans, Tipping Point Chronic Homelessness Initiative Senior Planner in San Francisco Chronicle discusses the public's role now that Prop C stands: